” From big blockbuster movies to amateur home videos, obsessing about these creatures has become an American pastime. Places like Roswell, New Mexico, have become centers to worship alien beings and the conspiracy theories that surround them, with hundreds of thousands of visitors flocking each and every year ” (extract from article).

” The sight of what is now known to have been sky lanterns is said to have left some residents “astounded”, according to the (Dungannon) Democrat newspaper.
Bronwyn Gervin said she couldn’t believe it when she was contacted by friends about the article ” (extract from article).

” Sam Williams, 18, said the object had a single row of colored lights down its side. Davis Williams, 16, said the lights were red, white and blue. They said the object hovered and maneuvered for less than a minute, clearly visible in the twilight ” (extract from article).

” Mr Goodchild said: “The light had a bright central portion with an orange halo around it. It looked similar to a landing light of a helicopter, but bright orange.
“Looking toward the direction of travel, we could see another orange light which appeared further away because it was dimmer and smaller ” (extract from article).

” Retired school teacher John Powell (56) noticed the strange silver orb following the military aircraft while he was gardening at his home on July 17.
“I don’t believe in things from outer space but that thing was definitely tracking the plane,” he was quoted as saying by the UK newspaper ” (extract from article).

” Homeowners in Beaumont and Port Arthur may soon notice a white helicopter hovering over or near pipelines, oil and gas production facilities, and other industrial facilities ” (extract from article).

” A flurry of reports have been posted on The Evening Star website after a former soldier said he saw 100 glowing orbs less than two miles above his house near Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire last month ” (extract from article).

” In the footage the speeding projectile appears from the lower left hand side of the screen and seems to pass under the wide arch of Newcastle’s Millennium Bridge before disappearing out of the top of the screen.
The clip, which has since been uploaded onto video sharing website YouTube, is eliciting theories ranging from model aeroplanes to potential swamp gas ” (extract from article).

“ The National Archives on Monday released the government’s complete file on the “Rendlesham Forest Incident” of December 1980, one of Britain’s most famous UFO sightings.
It was among more than 4,000 pages posted online Monday documenting 800 alleged encounters during the 1980s and 1990s ” (extract from article).

” Put UFO into Google and it reveals 37.5m matches. A glance at the latest videos from YouTube appears to show a wealth of recent UFO activity, or a bit of paper blowing about, in Russia. I’ll let you be the judge ” (extract from article).

” This is the fourth batch of UFO files to be released since May last year and it indicates the MoD has been unwavering in its belief there is “no evidence whatsoever to suggest that intelligent life from outer space or alien spacecraft have landed on our planet” ” (extract from article).

” As the National Archives reveal enough reports of mysterious Unidentified Flying Objects to keep Mulder and Scully in business for some time, here is the list extracted from the reports ” (extract from article).

” New Unidentified Flying Objects statistics show the numbers of sightings each year – plus the official explanations for them. So, what is the effect of science fiction in the movies and on TV? ” (extract from article).

” Werner Walter (52) from CENAP checks up on almost every sighting. He said: “There are no aliens. What people see are normally sky lights or reflections.“
But UFO enthusiast Erich von Däniken (74) disagrees: “There are aliens! They’re watching us!” ” (extract from article).